National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's King's Lynn Town or Kettering Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither King's Lynn Town nor Kettering Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
King's Lynn Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the FA Cup for King's Lynn Town, as the manager Widdrington led his troops to eliminate Bedford Town, and reach the 3rd Round Qualifying. Last season, King's Lynn Town's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.King's lost their last game at Kettering Town after a 0-1 scoreline.
Before that, King's Lynn Town played out a Vanarama National League North draw 1-1 when visiting Curzon Ashton.With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the King's Lynn Town friendly games in pre-season: King's Lynn Town played three friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that King's Lynn Town scored 2 goals and conceded 3 in these three games.
Kettering Town form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Barwell in order to reach 3rd round qualifying of FA Cup. Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying replays.Impressive finishing from Sheriff secured the home win 1-0 against King's Lynn Town in their previous game.
A 0-3 loss hosting Kidderminster Harriers before that.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Kettering Town have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these participants: King's won two, Kettering Town were winners in six and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Omotayo Agbomoagan 5 goals |   A. Oluwabori 4 goals | T. Widdrington 3 goals |
King's Lynn Town missing players
Kettering Town missing players
| King's Lynn Town | Kettering Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
